diff --git a/source/net/yacy/repository/LoaderDispatcher.java b/source/net/yacy/repository/LoaderDispatcher.java
index 2400de845..90f9bd4f9 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/repository/LoaderDispatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/repository/LoaderDispatcher.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import de.anomic.crawler.retrieval.HTTPLoader;
 import de.anomic.crawler.retrieval.Request;
 import de.anomic.crawler.retrieval.Response;
 import de.anomic.crawler.retrieval.SMBLoader;
+import de.anomic.crawler.ZURL.FailCategory;
 import de.anomic.http.client.Cache;
 
 public final class LoaderDispatcher {
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
 
     public void load(final DigestURI url, final CacheStrategy cacheStratgy, final int maxFileSize, final File targetFile) throws IOException {
 
-        final byte[] b = load(request(url, false, true), cacheStratgy, maxFileSize, false).getContent();
+        final byte[] b = load(request(url, false, true), cacheStratgy, maxFileSize, true).getContent();
         if (b == null) throw new IOException("load == null");
         final File tmp = new File(targetFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".tmp");
 
@@ -190,6 +191,12 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
         final String protocol = url.getProtocol();
         final String host = url.getHost();
 
+        // check if url is in blacklist
+        if (checkBlacklist && Switchboard.urlBlacklist.isListed(Blacklist.BLACKLIST_CRAWLER, host.toLowerCase(), url.getFile())) {
+            this.sb.crawlQueues.errorURL.push(request, this.sb.peers.mySeed().hash.getBytes(), new Date(), 1, FailCategory.FINAL_LOAD_CONTEXT, "url in blacklist", -1);
+            throw new IOException("DISPATCHER Rejecting URL '" + request.url().toString() + "'. URL is in blacklist.");
+        }
+
         // check if we have the page in the cache
         final CrawlProfile crawlProfile = this.sb.crawler.getActive(UTF8.getBytes(request.profileHandle()));
         if (crawlProfile != null && cacheStrategy != CacheStrategy.NOCACHE) {
@@ -314,7 +321,7 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
      */
     public byte[] loadContent(final Request request, final CacheStrategy cacheStrategy) throws IOException {
         // try to download the resource using the loader
-        final Response entry = load(request, cacheStrategy, false);
+        final Response entry = load(request, cacheStrategy, true);
         if (entry == null) return null; // not found in web
 
         // read resource body (if it is there)
@@ -324,7 +331,7 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
     public Document[] loadDocuments(final Request request, final CacheStrategy cacheStrategy, final int timeout, final int maxFileSize) throws IOException, Parser.Failure {
 
         // load resource
-        final Response response = load(request, cacheStrategy, maxFileSize, false);
+        final Response response = load(request, cacheStrategy, maxFileSize, true);
         final DigestURI url = request.url();
         if (response == null) throw new IOException("no Response for url " + url);
 
@@ -337,7 +344,7 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
 
     public ContentScraper parseResource(final DigestURI location, final CacheStrategy cachePolicy) throws IOException {
         // load page
-        final Response r = this.load(request(location, true, false), cachePolicy, false);
+        final Response r = this.load(request(location, true, false), cachePolicy, true);
         final byte[] page = (r == null) ? null : r.getContent();
         if (page == null) throw new IOException("no response from url " + location.toString());
 
@@ -356,7 +363,7 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
      * @throws IOException
      */
     public final Map<MultiProtocolURI, String> loadLinks(final DigestURI url, final CacheStrategy cacheStrategy) throws IOException {
-        final Response response = load(request(url, true, false), cacheStrategy, Integer.MAX_VALUE, false);
+        final Response response = load(request(url, true, false), cacheStrategy, Integer.MAX_VALUE, true);
         if (response == null) throw new IOException("response == null");
         final ResponseHeader responseHeader = response.getResponseHeader();
         if (response.getContent() == null) throw new IOException("resource == null");
@@ -417,4 +424,4 @@ public final class LoaderDispatcher {
             } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {} catch (final IOException e) {}
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/MediaSnippet.java b/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/MediaSnippet.java
index c7850f3e4..e7bff135f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/MediaSnippet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/MediaSnippet.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package net.yacy.search.snippet;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ import net.yacy.kelondro.index.RowSpaceExceededException;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.logging.Log;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.order.Base64Order;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.ByteArray;
+import net.yacy.repository.Blacklist;
 import net.yacy.search.Switchboard;
+import de.anomic.crawler.retrieval.Request;
+import de.anomic.crawler.ZURL.FailCategory;
 
 
 public class MediaSnippet implements Comparable<MediaSnippet>, Comparator<MediaSnippet> {
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ public class MediaSnippet implements Comparable<MediaSnippet>, Comparator<MediaS
             entry = i.next();
             url = new DigestURI(entry.getKey());
             desc = entry.getValue();
+            if (isUrlBlacklisted(url, Blacklist.BLACKLIST_SEARCH)) continue;
             final int ranking = removeAppearanceHashes(url.toNormalform(false, false), queryhashes).size() +
                            removeAppearanceHashes(desc, queryhashes).size();
             if (ranking < 2 * queryhashes.size()) {
@@ -189,6 +194,7 @@ public class MediaSnippet implements Comparable<MediaSnippet>, Comparator<MediaS
             ientry = i.next();
             url = new DigestURI(ientry.url());
             final String u = url.toString();
+            if (isUrlBlacklisted(url, Blacklist.BLACKLIST_SEARCH)) continue;
             if (u.indexOf(".ico",0) >= 0 || u.indexOf("favicon",0) >= 0) continue;
             if (ientry.height() > 0 && ientry.height() < 32) continue;
             if (ientry.width() > 0 && ientry.width() < 32) continue;
@@ -230,4 +236,27 @@ public class MediaSnippet implements Comparable<MediaSnippet>, Comparator<MediaS
         return remaininghashes;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks wether given URL is in blacklist for given blacklist type
+     *
+     * @param   url     The URL to check
+     * @param   blacklistType   Type of blacklist (see class Blacklist, BLACKLIST_FOO)
+     * @return  isBlacklisted   Wether the given URL is blacklisted
+     */
+    private static boolean isUrlBlacklisted (DigestURI url, String blacklistType) {
+        // Default is not blacklisted
+        boolean isBlacklisted = false;
+
+        // check if url is in blacklist
+        if (Switchboard.urlBlacklist.isListed(blacklistType, url.getHost().toLowerCase(), url.getFile())) {
+            Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawlQueues.errorURL.push(new Request(url, null), Switchboard.getSwitchboard().peers.mySeed().hash.getBytes(), new Date(), 1, FailCategory.FINAL_LOAD_CONTEXT, "url in blacklist", -1);
+            Log.logFine("snippet fetch", "MEDIA-SNIPPET Rejecting URL '" + url.toString() + "'. URL is in blacklist.");
+            isBlacklisted = true;
+        }
+
+        // Return result
+        return isBlacklisted;
+    }
+
 }
+